Folding walking stick or similar object usable as alpha seat



March 5, 1929. E. BUZ

FOLDING WALKING STICK OR SIMILAR OBJECT USABLE AS A SEAT Filed Nov.17, 192e length.

Patented Mar. 5, 1929. l I

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ERNST BUZ, OF SONNEBERG, GERMANY.

L maar Application filed November 1*?, 1926, Serial No. 148,972, andin Germany November 2l, 1925.

This invention relates to a folding walking stick, umbrella stick and the like which can be used as seat.

Talking sticks, so called walking staffs which can be screwed togetherin order to form a seat have become known. This teinporary seat is formed in such a manner that the top part of the walking stick lis put in a horizontal hole at the upper' end of the other part of the stick, This cross hole however seriously allects the strength and durability oi the respective parte of the stick and in order to avoid lthis inconvenience this part has been broadened in its By this arrangement the stick gets a bad appearance so that its use as'an ordinary wa king stick is usually out ot' question.`

This inconvenience is avoided according to this invention by'using a stickl consisting oi several parts, a connecting piece-being used of which one end is formed as a sleeve preferably itted with threads andthe other end of which is formed with a spring in the shape of a lyre. This connectingpiece is ixed in a convenient manner in the upper end of the bottom part of the walking stick,` after the same has been taken to pieces, and in order to form a seat the upper part of the stick will be pushed between the two parts of the spring.

rlChe walking stick according to the invention dillers from known walking sticks from which can be formed a seat by the use of the special connecting piece and by the manner in which a seat is formed.

The walking stick has the appearance of an ordinary stick.

Inrthe accompanying drawing a walking stick according to the invention isA shown by way of example. V

Fig. l shows an ordinary walking stick put together.

Fig. 2 shows the saine stick arranged as a scat by the use of the connecting piece.

Fig. 3 shows the connecting piece on a larger scale in side-view. Y

rllhe walking stick consists of two parts a, and o screwed together by the threaded sleeve c and the threaded part ci. In case that suitable material is used such as steel,l

the parts a and o can directly be screwed together and the parts c and d are not required. In order to form a seat from the stick7 the upper part a is screwed from the lower part b and on the upper end of this lower part, a special connecting piece e (Fig. A3) is-screwed. The upper end of this connecting piece has the form of a lyre and between the two parts f the upper part a will be pushed, and heldin this position by the spring action oi1 these twov parts In order to avoid the possibility of losing the connecting piece e it lcan ,bey liked on the i' handle of the stick bymeans of a'V small chain g or in a convenient manner.

I claimzi. In aV fading Walkingmammella stick, or the'like, the combination of a lower ysection provided with an externally threaded stud, a handle section provided with an internally threaded sleeve adapted to be screwed onto said stud, a connecting piece comprising an internally threaded member adapted to be screwed tothe studl of the lower section of the stick after the stick has Abeen taken to pieces in order to form a seat,

this connecting piece being provided at the upperend with a lyre-shaped spring between the parts of which the upper partof vSO the stick is pushed and held in this position by the spring.

2. In a folding walking stick7 umbrella stick, or the like, the combination of a lower section provided with an externally threaded stud, a handle section provided with an internally threaded sleeve adapted 'to be screwed onto said stud, a-connecting piecel lpiece and on the'handle being provided in order to avoid losing the connecting piece.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNST BUZ. 

